“I’m so
glad Andy Wakefield finally has the chance to tell his story.
Perhaps no debate on the planet right now is more confusing,
more conflicting, or more maddening for parents than the debate
over the causes and treatments of autism . . . For hundreds of
thousands of parents around the world, myself included, Andy
Wakefield is a symbol of strength and conviction that all
parents of children with autism can use to fight for truth and
the best lives possible for their kids.”
—from the foreword by Jenny McCarthy

“Dr. Wakefield sets the
record straight. It was not he who showed callous disregard
towards vulnerable, sick children with autism. It was the
British medical establishment, the General Medical Council, the
media and the pharmaceutical industry that threw the children
under the bus to protect the vaccine program. This is a book for
everyone who cares about our future.”—Mary Holland, Esq., Co-founder, Elizabeth
Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy

“Andrew Wakefield has been subjected to extraordinary criticism
and condemnation from professional colleagues and the wider
community since he first questioned the safety of the MMR
vaccine. In this book he answers his critics—powerfully and
comprehensively—and sets the record straight. It is essential
reading for anyone wanting to know the truth behind the MMR
debate and the politics of vaccination policy.”—Dr. Richard Halvorsen, author of The
Truth about Vaccines

“As a mother of a boy who regressed into autism immediately
following his MMR vaccination, I welcome this book unreservedly
. . . Whatever your thoughts on the issue, if you read nothing
else at all on the vaccine-autism debate, this has to be the
most crucial book you read.”—Polly Tommey, Editor-in-Chief, The Autism
File

“Meeting Dr. Andy Wakefield changed our lives and . . .
we are forever grateful. His wise and measured advice about
vaccinations helped us dodge a bullet . . . Our fourth son [had]
multiple allergies and repeated infections . . . We now fully
realize [he] would have been a victim of immune overload had we
followed the regular vaccine schedule . . . [He] is [now] bright
and healthy . . . This book provides a terrifying insight into
what has been happening behind the scenes as efforts redouble to
silence Dr. Wakefield . . . It is a wake-up call to those who
think [he] is anything other than a modern day hero fighting for
all of our children.”—Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellán,
Troublemaker Studios, Austin, Texas

In 1982, Australian
gastroenterologists R. Warren and B. Marshall discovered that
the majority of their patients’ stomachs were colonized by H.
pylori. However, at the time, the idea that bacteria could cause
peptic ulcers was a very controversial one. Conventional
thinking was that no bacterium could live in the human stomach.
To demonstrate that H. pylori caused gastritis, Marshall drank a
beaker of H. pylori, became ill with nausea and vomiting and
upon subsequent endoscopy, showed signs of gastritis and the
presence of H. pylori. Twenty three years after their initial
discovery, in 2005, these scientists were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

Dr. Andrew Wakefield is a renowned scientist. His hundreds of
peer reviewed publications have earned him this title. Science
is the systematic process of gathering knowledge about the world
and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws
and theories. Wakefield's work has offered us the opportunity to
explore what we still know very little about....what causes
Autism.

Most well-known facts were at one point unproved intuitions.
Movements in science rise and fall based on data, not
controversy. If you want to know the truth about vaccines and
autism, here is a simple formula that’s guaranteed to produce
it: allow the research to be done, do good science, keep an open
mind, and be patient. The truth will be borne out by data, not
by passion, opinion, or politics. If indeed vaccines contribute
to the cause of autism for some children, it will be impossible
to cover up the evidence forever. If, on the other hand, they
don’t, no amount of passion will ever substitute for proof of
causation. The causes of autism are out there and they will be
found. Wakefield's work is a first step in this direction.